Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
Nahum 1:1 - Y'all Version Bible A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) concerning Nineveh [the capital of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. American Standard Version (1901) The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Common English Bible An oracle about Nineveh: the scroll containing the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Catholic Public Domain Version The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elcesite. |
Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
The burden of Egypt. “Look, YHWH rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt within it.
The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweep through, it comes from the wilderness, from an awesome land.
The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
The burden of Tyre. Y’all should howl, O ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. It is revealed to them from the land of Cyprus.
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, of evil, and of pestilence.
“Get up, go to the massive city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has come up before me.”
But Nineveh has been from of old like a pool of water, yet they flee away. “Y’all stop! Y’all stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
He will stretch out his hand against the north, destroy Assyria, and will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as the wilderness.
A revelation: The word of YHWH is against the land of Hadrach, and will rest upon Damascus— for the eye of humanity and of all the tribes of Israel is toward YHWH—